On 10/16/2016 03:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
The word "legacy" should not be used for the special file /dev/watchdog, as that file is still essential for watchdog operations.
NAK. The non-legacy name is /dev/watchdog0. Guenter
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- i expressed my reservations about use of the word "legacy" here: https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2016-October/017054.html diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c index 32930a0..0cc5ab8 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static struct miscdevice watchdog_miscdev = { * @wdd: watchdog device * @devno: character device number * - * Register a watchdog character device including handling the legacy + * Register a watchdog character device including handling the * /dev/watchdog node. /dev/watchdog is actually a miscdevice and * thus we set it up like that. */ @@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd, dev_t devno) * watchdog_cdev_unregister: unregister watchdog character device * @watchdog: watchdog device * - * Unregister watchdog character device and if needed the legacy + * Unregister watchdog character device and if needed the * /dev/watchdog device. */ @@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static struct class watchdog_class = { * watchdog_dev_register: register a watchdog device * @wdd: watchdog device * - * Register a watchdog device including handling the legacy + * Register a watchdog device including handling the * /dev/watchdog node. /dev/watchdog is actually a miscdevice and * thus we set it up like that. */ @@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ int watchdog_dev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd) * watchdog_dev_unregister: unregister a watchdog device * @watchdog: watchdog device * - * Unregister watchdog device and if needed the legacy + * Unregister watchdog device and if needed the * /dev/watchdog device. */
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